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DoorDash adds AI tools to speed up merchant onboarding, edit photos of dishes

DoorDash on Monday added new AI-powered tools that let merchants speed up onboarding, edit photos to make dishes look better, and create new websites from existing content.

Did you know you can’t steal a charity? Don’t worry. Elon Musk will remind you.

Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, and his own tweets are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman betrayed the “nonprofit for the… Continua a leggere Did you know you can’t steal a charity? Don’t worry. Elon Musk will remind you.

Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Salesforce is crowdsourcing its AI roadmap — with customers 

Salesforce lets its customers lead its product roadmap with the thinking that if one enterprise customer has a problem, the others likely do too.

X announces a rebuilt ad platform powered by AI

X is rolling out a rebuilt ads platform powered by AI as it works to grow revenue again.

Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next

AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool almost overnight, and Runway has a front row seat to the shift. The New York-based company has raised close to $860 million at a $5.3 billion valuation, and its models are going toe-to-toe with the most well-funded labs in the world, including Google and OpenAI.   The technology goes way beyond… Continua a leggere Is AI video just a prequel? Runway’s CEO thinks world models are next

Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise

The AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has raised $100 million, led by Sequoia, months after raising a previous $100 million.

Lovable launches its vibe-coding app on iOS and Android

The app allows developers to vibe code web apps and websites on the go.

YouTube is testing an AI-powered search feature that shows guided answers

YouTube is rolling out the new AI search feature to Premium subscribers in the U.S. on an opt-in basis.